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The claim "corporations don't pay taxes" can only be made by someone ignorant of basic economics, or who has an ideological axe to grind.<br> <br> Corporations CAN'T "simply pass along all taxes as operating expenses" because of demand limitations and a competitive environment. Jack up your prices too high, and consumers will simply stop buying your stuff... especially if your competitors manage to eat some of that cost and keep their prices lower.<br> <br> At most, corporate taxes are divided between the corporation's own profits and the general population. The notion that "corporations don't pay taxes" is just silly. Infinite cost-absorption doesn't exist in the real world.<br> <br> As to why corporations move overseas despite paying among the LOWEST taxes in the developed world, that's easy: Taxes just aren't that big a portion of operating costs. Anyone who's run a business can tell you that it's LABOR making up the vast majority of your costs, not taxes. And where can you operate a sweatshop for 8 cents an hour...? You got it.<br> <br> Sorry, folks, but not matter how many times you chant "Corporations don't pay taxes," that doesn't make it true.
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